Flintheart Glomgold
@flintheartglomgold.bsky.social
Film worker.
If you are in southern California, I'll PA your film. DM for resume and contact info.
This account mostly posts transit info about the Los Angeles area, and also very dumb jokes.
If you are in southern California, I'll PA your film. DM for resume and contact info.
This account mostly posts transit info about the Los Angeles area, and also very dumb jokes.
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Got added to a starter pack so my follower count jumped
Hello! The starter pack was about cargo bikes! I have a cargo bike!
When not making bad jokes on the Internet, I post about bike lanes & transit in LA, and about transit in the US generally
Also movies but those are long posts and I'm lazy
Hello! The starter pack was about cargo bikes! I have a cargo bike!
When not making bad jokes on the Internet, I post about bike lanes & transit in LA, and about transit in the US generally
Also movies but those are long posts and I'm lazy
Ok one hand, this is bad on many levels.
On the other hand, I know Disney is getting equity in this deal but Disney giving cash to OpenAI is the loudest "OpenAI cannot stop burning capital" klaxon I've heard in a while.
On the other hand, I know Disney is getting equity in this deal but Disney giving cash to OpenAI is the loudest "OpenAI cannot stop burning capital" klaxon I've heard in a while.
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI. WSJ says "the three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos using Sora, OpenAI’s short-form AI video platform, of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters."
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ok one hand, this is bad on many levels.
On the other hand, I know Disney is getting equity in this deal but Disney giving cash to OpenAI is the loudest "OpenAI cannot stop burning capital" klaxon I've heard in a while.
On the other hand, I know Disney is getting equity in this deal but Disney giving cash to OpenAI is the loudest "OpenAI cannot stop burning capital" klaxon I've heard in a while.
BMWs should come in two sizes: large (i3) and small (isetta)
my action on mini cars when i am president will be to make bmw bring back the i3
December 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
BMWs should come in two sizes: large (i3) and small (isetta)
Of all the things which surprised me most about urban and transportation policy in NYC, it's "the city with incredibly expensive land and cartoonishly easy car-free living somehow doesn't charge to park cars on city curbs"
3 million curb parking spots and only 80,000 are metered? What? What?
3 million curb parking spots and only 80,000 are metered? What? What?
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Of all the things which surprised me most about urban and transportation policy in NYC, it's "the city with incredibly expensive land and cartoonishly easy car-free living somehow doesn't charge to park cars on city curbs"
3 million curb parking spots and only 80,000 are metered? What? What?
3 million curb parking spots and only 80,000 are metered? What? What?
EVs vs LLMs is my go-to stark comparison of "a better technology wins" vs "a very impressive technology that doesn't make anything actually better will not do anything"
(also, adoption is always much stickier when there's hardware involved)
(also, adoption is always much stickier when there's hardware involved)
but as with power generation, a clearly better technology wins. you can speed that up a bit or slow it down a bit at the margin with legislation but really the tech and the market are what’s driving.
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
EVs vs LLMs is my go-to stark comparison of "a better technology wins" vs "a very impressive technology that doesn't make anything actually better will not do anything"
(also, adoption is always much stickier when there's hardware involved)
(also, adoption is always much stickier when there's hardware involved)
Well would you look at that, it's unhinged conference o'clock already
#TN07 reminder, from @politico.com today:
> “If our victory margin is single digits, the conference may come unhinged,” one senior House Republican said. A loss would be catastrophic and the conference would “explode,” the Republican added.
> “If our victory margin is single digits, the conference may come unhinged,” one senior House Republican said. A loss would be catastrophic and the conference would “explode,” the Republican added.
House Republicans sweat Tennessee election, despite Hudson’s assurances
“It was not overtly comforting,” one member said.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Well would you look at that, it's unhinged conference o'clock already
"We won't do it b/c Republicans leadership in the House won't allow it" is a shit excuse when both House and Senate GOP committee chairs on military oversight are announcing investigations, weeks after the Epstein discharge petition passed.
You're allowed to fight Mike Johnson! He loses constantly!
You're allowed to fight Mike Johnson! He loses constantly!
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"We won't do it b/c Republicans leadership in the House won't allow it" is a shit excuse when both House and Senate GOP committee chairs on military oversight are announcing investigations, weeks after the Epstein discharge petition passed.
You're allowed to fight Mike Johnson! He loses constantly!
You're allowed to fight Mike Johnson! He loses constantly!
John McTiernan action movie appreciation thread (unfortunately not a Sean Connery accent appreciation thread)
thomas has talked me into watching red october, which i’ve never seen bc why would i want to watch that
he told me it stars “murderbot’s father” and tim curry
i know sean connery has the world’s worst accent in it
he told me it stars “murderbot’s father” and tim curry
i know sean connery has the world’s worst accent in it
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
John McTiernan action movie appreciation thread (unfortunately not a Sean Connery accent appreciation thread)
Is DIE HARD a Christmas movie? Skill issue. Every movie is a Christmas movie. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY has a Christmas party. Seasons are different in the southern hemisphere, PREDATOR is a Christmas movie. You can't prove STAR TREK isn't a Christmas movie, you don't know how star dates work.
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Is DIE HARD a Christmas movie? Skill issue. Every movie is a Christmas movie. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY has a Christmas party. Seasons are different in the southern hemisphere, PREDATOR is a Christmas movie. You can't prove STAR TREK isn't a Christmas movie, you don't know how star dates work.
Aside from having zero sympathy for Speaker Johnson as an odious and craven politician, it also appears he's just mechanically bad at his job?
"I think literally 100,000 people have my cellphone number"
My man if you cannot *get a new cell phone* and give the old one to your assistant, what even
"I think literally 100,000 people have my cellphone number"
My man if you cannot *get a new cell phone* and give the old one to your assistant, what even
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Aside from having zero sympathy for Speaker Johnson as an odious and craven politician, it also appears he's just mechanically bad at his job?
"I think literally 100,000 people have my cellphone number"
My man if you cannot *get a new cell phone* and give the old one to your assistant, what even
"I think literally 100,000 people have my cellphone number"
My man if you cannot *get a new cell phone* and give the old one to your assistant, what even
HLA street upgrades (like bike lanes, cross walks, and also bus lanes) don't trigger on "restriping" (repainting) but LA Board of Public Works says restriping includes the striping of *new* lane configurations.
Including bus lanes.
So things *IN* Measure HLA aren't enough to trigger HLA upgrades?
Including bus lanes.
So things *IN* Measure HLA aren't enough to trigger HLA upgrades?
First ever round of L.A. City Board of Public Works #MeasureHLA appeal decisions this week: board denies 6 of 8 appeals, postpones 1, half-approves 1. la.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/b...
Board of Public Works Rejects Most, Not All, Appeals to Force City to Make Streets Safer While Doing Other Road Improvements - Streetsblog Los Angeles
The city keeps fighting to not do HLA improvements.
la.streetsblog.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
HLA street upgrades (like bike lanes, cross walks, and also bus lanes) don't trigger on "restriping" (repainting) but LA Board of Public Works says restriping includes the striping of *new* lane configurations.
Including bus lanes.
So things *IN* Measure HLA aren't enough to trigger HLA upgrades?
Including bus lanes.
So things *IN* Measure HLA aren't enough to trigger HLA upgrades?
CSU San Bernardino is phenomenal and I'm incredibly grateful to have attended and graduated.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
CSU San Bernardino is phenomenal and I'm incredibly grateful to have attended and graduated.
Many excellent choices in the replies and quote skeets but none with what is the ultimate choice (The Muppets)
Yes yes, Nosferatu (2024), Frankenstein (2025), Werwulf in 2026
but now we need an Abbott and Costello equivalent to meet them all in 2027
but now we need an Abbott and Costello equivalent to meet them all in 2027
November 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Many excellent choices in the replies and quote skeets but none with what is the ultimate choice (The Muppets)
Another piece of evidence for "neither Trump individually, nor the federal government at large, have the popularity to ignore the courts"
In ICE masking news: The federal government has sued California to prevent enforcement of the state's "No Secret Police Act," which bans federal law and immigration enforcement officials from wearing masks on duty in most circumstances.
apnews.com/article/fede...
apnews.com/article/fede...
Trump administration sues California over law banning masked federal agents
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit over California’s new laws banning federal agents from wearing masks and requiring them to have identification while conducting operations in the state.
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Another piece of evidence for "neither Trump individually, nor the federal government at large, have the popularity to ignore the courts"
I see we're arguing that suburbanization is the innate American desire once again
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I see we're arguing that suburbanization is the innate American desire once again
Me, doing a Gary Oldman Dracula: "I have crossed oceans of time to be with you."
My wife: "Husband, you were on the 91 freeway for maybe an hour"
Me: "OCEANS OF TIME, WIFE"
My wife: "Husband, you were on the 91 freeway for maybe an hour"
Me: "OCEANS OF TIME, WIFE"
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Me, doing a Gary Oldman Dracula: "I have crossed oceans of time to be with you."
My wife: "Husband, you were on the 91 freeway for maybe an hour"
Me: "OCEANS OF TIME, WIFE"
My wife: "Husband, you were on the 91 freeway for maybe an hour"
Me: "OCEANS OF TIME, WIFE"
One of the things which can make certain mysteries and political/legal thrillers interesting is that their genre's definition of "dumb" is just "less smart than the investigator"
Think about the movies you like, they almost certainly hinge on a dumb guy who thinks he’s smart
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
One of the things which can make certain mysteries and political/legal thrillers interesting is that their genre's definition of "dumb" is just "less smart than the investigator"
Reposted by Flintheart Glomgold
Me when I give a low ridership bus an extra rider:
November 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Me when I give a low ridership bus an extra rider:
[I fought the law]
Petting kitties like a NURSE MAID
Petting kitties like a NURSE MAID
November 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
[I fought the law]
Petting kitties like a NURSE MAID
Petting kitties like a NURSE MAID
checking in on letters
looks like they're not just forming words
seems like those words have definitions, and they're at risk of unionizing and forming sentences with imbued meaning
looks like they're not just forming words
seems like those words have definitions, and they're at risk of unionizing and forming sentences with imbued meaning
November 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
checking in on letters
looks like they're not just forming words
seems like those words have definitions, and they're at risk of unionizing and forming sentences with imbued meaning
looks like they're not just forming words
seems like those words have definitions, and they're at risk of unionizing and forming sentences with imbued meaning
Reposted by Flintheart Glomgold
Getting a BWDR subscription has only been great for me. They publish the kind of smart, thoughtful analysis that is becoming increasingly hard to find/fund.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Getting a BWDR subscription has only been great for me. They publish the kind of smart, thoughtful analysis that is becoming increasingly hard to find/fund.
Never apologize for Clayton-posting
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Never apologize for Clayton-posting
At this rate, Mease HLA enforcement in Los Angeles is going to be helmed by The Department of Joe Linton
Just received word today that the City Board of Public Works has scheduled its first 7 hearings on #MeasureHLA appeals - all appeals submitted personally by me - all scheduled for next Monday morning dpwlacity.primegov.com/Portal/Meeti...
Meeting
dpwlacity.primegov.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
At this rate, Mease HLA enforcement in Los Angeles is going to be helmed by The Department of Joe Linton
Need a tiny car? Get a bmw isetta. You can fit all your groceries in it! Or a passenger, perhaps, instead! You will certainly not regret getting a bmw isetta.
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Need a tiny car? Get a bmw isetta. You can fit all your groceries in it! Or a passenger, perhaps, instead! You will certainly not regret getting a bmw isetta.
Tired? Need an afternoon pick-me-up? Have a second cup of coffee at 4pm. Easy! Simple! Portable in a mug. Make sure it's a big mug! You will certainly not regret having a second cup of coffee at 4pm.
coffee at 2pm won't affect your sleep adversely if you are pure of heart and spirit
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Tired? Need an afternoon pick-me-up? Have a second cup of coffee at 4pm. Easy! Simple! Portable in a mug. Make sure it's a big mug! You will certainly not regret having a second cup of coffee at 4pm.
A film series that switches to George Lazenby for one movie, switches BACK to Sean Connery for one movie before landing on Roger Moore is now worried about the character dying.
Film universes are a blight, film canons are a curse, continuity is its harbinger, and we are all poorer for its presence
Film universes are a blight, film canons are a curse, continuity is its harbinger, and we are all poorer for its presence
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A film series that switches to George Lazenby for one movie, switches BACK to Sean Connery for one movie before landing on Roger Moore is now worried about the character dying.
Film universes are a blight, film canons are a curse, continuity is its harbinger, and we are all poorer for its presence
Film universes are a blight, film canons are a curse, continuity is its harbinger, and we are all poorer for its presence